[16v] Newbie (of sorts), with questions.

[blake at clockworm.com (Blake Irvin)]

that is exactly what my 16v does - still haven't figured it out - i  
just warm the engine up by holding the revs at 2k for the last half  
of warmup.

blake/


On Nov 2, 2005, at 11:25 , Nate Mellom wrote:

> I've joined the hallowed ranks of the 16v'rs, with this:
> <http://bronson75.tripod.com/redroc/>
> All's well and good, for the most part.  It has a somewhat floppy  
> shifter, a messed up passenger seat, and $3145 is repair and parts  
> receipts since August 2003.  My major concern is the fact that at  
> low revs, pulling away from a stop, it has NO power, it chugs along  
> until the revs get up (sometimes almost to the point of dying).  I  
> played with it for a bit after work today, and came up with the  
> following.
>
> :All of the following was done under the hood, fingering the throttle:
>
> When it's cold, it revs fine from idle.  Ramps up nice, comes back  
> down to idle okay.  But when there's a point, during the warm up,  
> when the idle drops a wee bit, and then it gets wierd.  If I lay on  
> the throttle, the engine bogs down, and almost stalls, but as the  
> revs get up, it evens out.  If I blip the throttle repeatedly,  
> working the revs up, I can hear the airbox sucking, and sometime at  
> lower revs (depending on how fast I blip the throttle), I get small  
> backfires, seemingly inside the airbox.  As the blips continue, the  
> revs go up, and if it drops to idle, it'll rev just fine, until I  
> let it idle for 30-45 seconds, then the blipping/revving results in  
> bogging and backfire popping.  I checked the air filter (as it  
> seems like the airflow is being blocked), but it's  fine.  I  
> haven't taken the cold air intake ducting off yet, but I don't  
> think it's the problem.  From the reciepts, it seems the PO had a  
> lot of cold-start issues (I don't), and he had a lot of work done,  
> including new air/fuel filters, timing check, mixture check, tuneup  
> (all these within the last year), and a new (used) distributor  
> installed in August this year.  He had the throttle plate cleaned  
> and adjusted as well.  I haven't had a lot of time to play with it,  
> but I checked the basics this afternoon, vacuum hoses, air filter,  
> a basic once-over.
>
> If anyone out there could give me some ideas, I'd appreciate it.  I  
> don't have a manual for it (still trying to download the Bentley),  
> and I'd like to get it running well.  My first MkII experience  
> ended poorly, and I'd like this one to work out!
>
> Nate
> '81
> '88
>
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